Column fail.

Via Michael Gerson of WaPo…

And Jindal’s résumé, intellectual confidence and command of policy make him the anti-Palin. Fairly or unfairly, media and intellectual elites (including some conservative elites) regard Gov. Sarah Palin as an inhabitant of another cultural planet. Jindal, while also religious and conservative, speaks the language of the knowledge class and will not be easily caricatured or dismissed.

[Wonkette]

Wednesday Pop Quiz: Analogies.

Bobby Jindal : Kenneth Parcell :: Volcanic eruptions : ______________

a. hurricanes
b. tornadoes
c. tsunamis
d. earthquakes
e. all of the above

My sincerest apologies.

As a native of the great state of Louisiana, let me be the first to say…

I have absolutely no idea what the hell that was. Other than excruciatingly embarrassing. I’ve been away from home for too long. I had no idea it had gotten this bad. Between Huck Finn here and the king of hip-hop, Michael “the Numbah-One Stunnah” Steele, I’d say that the GOP’s efforts to reenergize the party thus far are nothing short of catostrophic.

EDIT: HuffPo has the video feed from MSNBC, where it seems as if Keith’s Chris Matthews’ mic was open for just a few seconds too long as Jindal approached the podium. It caught him saying the exact same thing that millions of Americans collectively uttered at that moment.

EDIT AGAIN: Well whaddayaknow…guess who’s an alum of the very campus I’m sitting on as I write this? Mr. Kennth Parcell himself. Talk about stars aligning…